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Exclusive: Canada’s Media Ranch to rep DR formats
Canadian distributor Media Ranch has partnered with Danish broadcaster DR to represent its TV formats…
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TBI Weekly: Brexit fallout signals more competition for UK businesses
One week away from the UK’s Brexit deadline, it remains unclear what the country’s quest…
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MIPTV slates: Looking Glass shops Michelle Obama doc; Scorpion acquires current affairs titles for market
Australian distributor Looking Glass International (LGI) is bringing a slate of factual titles to MIPTV…
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ITN Productions expands international with ITV Studios EP
ITN Productions has expanded its international unit with the appointment of Sarah-Jane Cohen as executive…
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Rare TV scores engineering six-parter for Smithsonian
Smithsonian Channel has commissioned UK producer Rare TV for a six-part series exploring the innovations…
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Les Misérables nabs raft of global sales ahead of Series Mania
Ahead of its national premiere at Series Mania 2019, BBC Studios has struck a raft…
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Former Pioneer exec sets up production consultancy
Former Pioneer Productions MD Kirstie McLure has set up a new consultancy business connecting productions…
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DRG acquires rights to “happy noir” police procedural ‘For Life’
DRG has acquired the rights to For Life, a Norwegian “happy noir” police procedural that…
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Exclusive: TF1 drama commissioner resurfaces at Netflix
Longtime TF1 commissioner Julie Anthony has resurfaced at Netflix. Anthony, a 10-year exec with TF1,…
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Netflix rejigs exec ranks with new remits for Nishimura, Riegg
Weeks after it delineated exec ranks between English-language and international content, Netflix has again restructured…
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Mondo TV taps Rainbow for head of content sales
Mondo TV, the European producer and distributor of animated content, has hired Rainbow’s Luana Perrero…
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Sales round-up: PBS Int’l scores with moon landing; ZDFE sells drama into China
PBS scores international sales for moon landing doc The commercial arm of the US public…
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Momentum, Industrial strike overall deal
Momentum Content has entered an exclusive overall deal with American Idol prodco Industrial Media. Through…
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Cineflix alum Anthony Kimble launches content outfit
Anthony Kimble, who recently left Cineflix Rights after five-years as senior VP of acquisitions and…
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Cineflix Rights acquires Icelandic political drama ‘The Minister’
Cineflix Rights has acquired a new Icelandic drama from Sagafilm. The indie distributor has picked…
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Kids round-up: Netflix, Amazon line up for Animation Dingle Festival; eOne takes PJ Masks to China
Execs from Netflix, Amazon, Disney and Nickelodeon are all set to head to Dingle, Ireland…
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Disney completes $71bn acquisition of 21st Century Fox
Disney completes its US$71bn acquisition of the bulk of 21st Century Fox today, paving the way…
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ITV responds to ‘Love Island’ backlash with bolstered aftercare
ITV has said it is extending its “support processes” for Love Island contestants following the suicide of 2017…
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MIPTV slates: Sky Vision shops ‘Catherine The Great’; Barcroft preps ‘Sleeping with the Far Right’
Sky Vision has unveiled its MIPTV slate with Helen Mirren’s Catherine The Great leading the…
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Channel 4 gets ‘Banged Up’ Stateside with BriteSpark
Channel 4 has commissioned Argonon Group-backed BriteSpark Films for a three-part social experiment series that…
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Endemol Shine gets ‘Younger’ in China
Endemol Shine China is to produce a local version of the TV Land drama Younger….
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BBC Three, October link for doc with Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson
BBC Three has commissioned October Films for a doc fronted by Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson. …
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Royal Television Society Awards winners revealed
The Royal Television Society (RTS) Programme Awards have honoured the top drama, documentary, entertainment programmes…
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Kin series ‘New Mom, Who Dis?’ to launch on Facebook Watch
Lifestyle multichannel network Kin’s latest series New Mom, Who Dis? is to launch on Facebook Watch. The…
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Gravitas Ventures launches film-focused SVOD
Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has launched streaming service Gravitas Movies. Gravitas Movies…
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Mediapro launches global studio with $226m content fund
The Mediapro Group has launched a new global studio named The Mediapro Studio as it…
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Former Wall to Wall exec sets up formats firm
Former Wall to Wall exec Poppy Delbridge has set up a new entertainment formats firm….
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Reed Hastings: Netflix won’t be part of Apple offering
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has confirmed that Netflix will not be part of the new…
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Warner Bros. chief exits amid misconduct scandal
Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara has stepped down following an investigation into a…
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BBC box sets head to Sky, Now TV
Sky and BBC Studios have struck a deal to bring a list of BBC comedy…